Lancaster, PA Metro Area
Lancaster County, sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States.- Type: Economic region with 520,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan area in Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “29540”, “Lancaster metro area”, “Lancaster metropolitan area”, “Lancaster metropolitan statistical area”, “Lancaster MSA”, “Lancaster, PA”, “Lancaster, PA metropolitan area”, “Lancaster, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area”, and “Lancaster, PA MSA”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dutch Wonderland and Kingdom Coaster.
Dutch Wonderland
Theme park
Photo: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dutch Wonderland is a 48-acre theme park just east of Lancaster, Pennsylvania in East Lampeter Township, appealing primarily to families with small children.
Kingdom Coaster
Roller coaster
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Kingdom Coaster is the name of a wooden roller coaster located at Dutch Wonderland near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The first coaster ever built by Custom Coasters International, it uses a single Philadelphia Toboggan Company train with buzz bars.
Smoketown Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Rockybreslow, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smoketown Airport is an airport open to the public, located in Smoketown, 6.3 miles east of Lancaster, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. The airport is owned by Marlin Horst and managed by Mel Glick.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lancaster and Strasburg.
Lancaster
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Lancaster is a city of around 59,000 people in Lancaster County in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country. It is one of the oldest inland towns in the United States, and the center of an area inhabited by many members of the Amish community.
Strasburg
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Strasburg is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It developed as a linear village stretching approximately 2 miles along the Great Conestoga Road, later known as the Strasburg Road.
Leola
Town
Leola is a census-designated place in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It includes the unincorporated communities of Leola, Leacock, and Bareville, and prior to 2010 was known as the Leacock-Leola-Bareville census-designated place. Leola is situated 4½ miles northeast of Lancaster, PA Metro Area.
Lancaster, PA Metro Area
- Category: metropolitan statistical area
- Location: Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Lancaster, PA Metro Area from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Lancaster, PA Metro Area” goes by many names.
- German: “Metropolregion Lancaster”
- Slovenian: “metropolitansko območje Lancaster”
- Spanish: “Area metropolitana de Lancaster”
- Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Lancaster”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Eastland Hills and Bridgeport.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hawthorn Suites By Wyndham Lan and Graffa Mill Dam.
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